WPDISP: display Word Processing files

Description

Early version of Wang's DISPLAY utility that allows understandable display of a Word Processing document.

Categories

Word Processing
File Management

Related files

WPDISP Object file for program.

User Instructions

A version of DISPLAY that provides a means of viewing Word Processing (VS/IIS) documents with a format very close to the final printed version. This display may be used on terminals that cannot normally access Word Processing.

At the INPUT screen, either enter a file name and location and the record access mode (for data processing file use) or a document ID and the volume of the document library. If a document ID is entered, the document summary is displayed, followed by each page of the document. When all pages have been viewed, the user can run again or exit the program.

Programmer Instructions

Since this is an early form of DISPLAY, it is similar to other early versions. The document ID and volume are the only visible differences.

For document display, WPDISP has only two GETPARMs of note:

INPUT       Enter information and press (RETURN) to continue.

  FILE      (blank)     The location of a DP file to be
  LIBRARY   (blank)     displayed.  (Ignore these fields
  VOLUME    (blank)     for the DOCUMENT option.

  ACCESS    RECORD      Set to BLOCK to view DP files in
                        block mode.  (Ignore for DOCUMENT
                        option.)

  DOCUMENT  (blank)     Document number and library to be
  DOCVOL    [invol]     displayed.  The correct volume for
                        that library must be entered.

EOJ         Press PF(01) to display another file or (16) to
            exit.

Example of use

Enter the document ID to be displayed and press (RETURN). The screen format closely matches the printed output.

Comments

Useful for quickly checking the contents of a document from Data Processing mode. The entry screen is awkward, with the document ID at the bottom. Unlike modern WP utilities - such as Wang's COPYWP - the correct document volume must be known to use WPDISP.

Program bug: the PRINT option does not work.